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Last updated on December 19, 2024.
When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."
Bette [Davis] and I are good friends. There's nothing I wouldn't say to her face - both of them.
Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.
Apparently, Bette Davis and a lot of actresses had a hard time in their 30s, too.
I went to Clive Davis' Grammy party, and I nearly spontaneously combusted because everyone on my iPod was there!
Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world.
America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.
I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis.
Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else.
Miles Davis and Felonious Monk, they're both great artists who enhance things.
I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.
Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.
I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.
I personally think Miles Davis is a lot funnier than me. And he's working more.
It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.
I've wanted to do a Sammy Davis Jr. story for a long time. It's one of those pet projects that has to be done.
I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.
My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.
I grew up listening to legends such as Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tony Bennett.
Nobody can really dominate like Stephen Hendry or Steve Davis. The players are just too good for that.
Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable.
When people are overlooking somebody like Phil Davis, it's a dangerous thing.
Stuart Davis has more to do with what the United States is like than Hopper.
I'm very close with Brian Davis, Thomas Hill, and Marty Clark.
(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.
I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.
Bette Davis in All About Eve was huge for me. Her acting was staggering.
The Davis Cup should be home and away from the semi-finals as a minimum, I would say even the quarters.
You know, if Nancy Davis hadn't come along when she did, I would have lost my soul.
One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.
I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.
I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.
Even as a kid, I was more enchanted watching Bette Davis than Errol Flynn.
Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
I know Charles Michael Davis. I used to play poker with him when I lived in Los Angeles.
I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.
I have boxes of gospel LPs and 78s. The Davis Sisters, the Soul Stirrers, the Pilgrim Travellers. I love all that.
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
With a lot of the music I really love, like Miles Davis, you can go back and see the processes and the stages.
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.
Bette Davis had a phrase that called it "cigarette smoking acting" .
I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.
My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.
Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.
I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.
Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice.
Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.
Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.
I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.
The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.
I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.
You can't replace Davis Cup with something else. Its love and lore won't be surpassed any time soon.
Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.
Al Davis was the first to know about my decision to retire, and Mom was second.
Miles Davis is my go-to for music. There's something so relaxing and ambient about it, and it can be a little manic in a good way.
My dream role? I think to play Sammy Davis Jr. and his life story.
I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.
